Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not influenced by strong feelings or emotions; impartial.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Free from passion; calm; composed; impartial; unmoved by strong emotion; cool; applied to persons: as, dispassionate men or judges.
- Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial: applied to actions or sentiments: as, dispassionate proceedings; dispassionate views.
- Synonyms Cool, serene, temperate, moderate, collected, unruffled, sober.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed.
- adjective Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not showing, and not affected by
emotion ,bias , orprejudice
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
Etymologies
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Examples
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All this angst needs to be placed in dispassionate perspective.
Danny Schechter: How Can You Cover a War From Only One Side? Danny Schechter 2010
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All this angst needs to be placed in dispassionate perspective.
Danny Schechter: How Can You Cover a War From Only One Side? Danny Schechter 2010
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All this angst needs to be placed in dispassionate perspective.
Michael Brenner: A Phony War Michael Brenner 2010
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All this angst needs to be placed in dispassionate perspective.
Michael Brenner: A Phony War Michael Brenner 2010
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All this angst needs to be placed in dispassionate perspective.
Danny Schechter: How Can You Cover a War From Only One Side? Danny Schechter 2010
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All this angst needs to be placed in dispassionate perspective.
Michael Brenner: A Phony War Michael Brenner 2010
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Amid many biologists that prefer to remain dispassionate about the subjects of their research, or who desire little interaction with local citizens, Nichols stands apart.
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Amid many biologists that prefer to remain dispassionate about the subjects of their research, or who desire little interaction with local citizens, Nichols stands apart.
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The answer is entirely predictable, and not likely to be grounded in dispassionate analysis.
Sound Politics: Democrats Pitch on Stem Cell Research Stinks 2006
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She stood on the other side of the bed, gloved hands by her sides and expression dispassionate as she continued to relate the various tests conducted and maneuvers instigated to decrease intracranial pressure.
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993
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